Otto M. Schwarz

Who doesn't know the iconic words 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind', spoken by the famous astronaut Neil Armstrong - the man that took the first step on the moon. This inspir...

The walls of Babylon, the Great Wall of China, the limes of the Roman Empire and the Berlin Wall are just a few examples of the walls mankind has built over past centuries. Today, building walls remai...

Once upon a time in North America, there lived a mother and her small daughter who were part of a community of Ojibwa people. The girl suffered from severe nightmares. The mother sought help from 'Spi...

Once upon a time in North America, there lived a mother and her small daughter who were part of a community of Ojibwa people. The girl suffered from severe nightmares. The mother sought help from 'Spi...

This programmatic piece is about a simple miner by the name of Gottlieb Bäumler and his pact with the devil. In the program note one can follow each step of the story so you can almost hear the events...

This programmatic piece is about a simple miner by the name of Gottlieb Bäumler and his pact with the devil. In the program note one can follow each step of the story so you can almost hear the events...

This work was inspired by a French astronaut and saxophonist who played his saxophone while aboard the International Space Station! During the piece, the audience joins the 'Proxima' mission step by s...

This work was inspired by a French astronaut and saxophonist who played his saxophone while aboard the International Space Station! During the piece, the audience joins the 'Proxima' mission step by s...

The Semmering Pass, also known as Zauberberg, is a mountain pass in Eastern Austria, which forms a natural border between Lower Austria and Styria. The pass was historically established as a major tra...

En 1934, la ciudad de Melbourne celebró su centenario y conmemoró la ocasión con la Carrera Aérea Internacional MacRobertson. KLM participó con su primer DC-2, el PH-AJU "Uiver" (Cigüeña), que despegó...

In 1934, the city of Melbourne celebrated its centenary and marked the occasion with the MacRobertson International Air Race. KLM's entry was its first DC-2, PH-AJU 'Uiver' (Stork), which took off on...

Geschichten, Sagen und Legenden - wer kennt sie nicht? Eigentlich immer mit Brutalität gewürzt, spiegeln sie die Erziehungsmethoden vergangener Zeiten wider: Neugierige Kinder alleine im Wald werden f...

Geschichten, Sagen und Legenden - wer kennt sie nicht? Eigentlich immer mit Brutalität gewürzt, spiegeln sie die Erziehungsmethoden vergangener Zeiten wider: Neugierige Kinder alleine im Wald werden f...

Two boys from Felanitx: Pere Obrador and Miquel Angel Cerda. Having finished school, one stayed in Mallorca, while the other one left to study in Madrid. Some years later, homesickness and a yearning...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) war Maler, Bildhauer, Erfinder, Philosoph und Forscher. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Universalgelehrten aller Zeiten. 'Ich werde die Erinnerung an mich in den Köpf...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) war Maler, Bildhauer, Erfinder, Philosoph und Forscher. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Universalgelehrten aller Zeiten. 'Ich werde die Erinnerung an mich in den Köpf...

Der Montblanc wird mit seinen 4. 808 m das 'Dach Europas' genannt. Lange waren die höchsten Berge der Erde unbezwingbar. Erst in den letzten 250 Jahren wurden die Giganten unseres Planeten erstiegen....

Der Montblanc wird mit seinen 4. 808 m das 'Dach Europas' genannt. Lange waren die höchsten Berge der Erde unbezwingbar. Erst in den letzten 250 Jahren wurden die Giganten unseres Planeten erstiegen....

Dort, wo man die beste Aussicht über die Alpentäler Liechtensteins genießt, liegt Guflina. Unter dem überhängenden Felsen soll sich früher eine Höhle in den Berg gezogen haben. Darin wohnte ein...

Wie oft wurde eigentlich schon 'Im Namen...' etwas gerechtfertigt, verkündigt oder gesegnet? Wie kann es sein, dass 'Im Namen....' Waffen und Kriegsgegner gesegnet werden ? In der Geschichte verschied...

A city is founded - it has a heart that beats. But visible achievements such as buildings and infrastructure merely bear witness to what its true heart is made of - the people who have lived, and stil...

The Greek poet Homer wrote about Troy and the Trojan War - which probably took place in what is now Asia Minor - in his Iliad in the 8th century B.C. Nowadays, the term 'Trojan' generally refers to a...

A so-called "black legend" is circulating around the Borgia family - this term has been used since the late Middle Ages to describe negative reports about Spain and Spaniards. The black legend about t...